They finally got corn tortillas for tacos! Now I can eat here gluten-free!…read more The lady who constructed my taco was really nice! She even let me throw on one extra condiment free of charge (shhh). I got a taco with black beans, veggies, sautéed onion salsa, guacamole and some medium salsa. It was really good and hearty. 3 tacos is only 25 reais! Can't beat that! There are some high tables outside. They are a bit crooked but still nice to sit outside. Good and quick option for lunch or dinner.

Whoohoo! Thanks yelpers Ryan and Fernando for pointing this place out. We don't spend much time in…read moreIpanema anymore but we're coming back from centro and wanted something for lunch. We remembered our friends' reviews and happened to jump out of the bus on the right block. There's three little restaurants, all fairly new, on this block all right next to each other and we'll have to come back to check them out. Overall great concept, good use of a tiny space with a glass counter so you can both see and pick your toppings (handy if you forgot the Portuguese words!) with a bar along the other side for maybe 8 seats. The area looked clean, well managed with a tiny bathroom in the back, hooks under the counter to hang your back and even an outlet to plug in your electronic. Options of meat (frango, carnitas, barbacoa, chili or veggie) and a variety of salsas, and toppings (cheese, sour cream, rice, beans, etc) gives you the opportunity to customize your meal. We got the small burrito (which was a healthy portion) with carnitas, cheese, sour cream and the hottest sauce. Unlike Chipotle, they actually mix the ingredients before rolling up the burrito so you don't have all the meat on one end of the burrito and cheese on the other. Despite the chili markings saying it was spicy (and I don't like spicy) it wasn't. However the chicken quesadilla with cheese, tomato, and pico de gallo was significantly spicer (despite saying it was mild). The slushy margarita mix with optional add in flavors of strawberry or green apple it exactly as it sounds. Don't expect any recognizable brand of tequila. Plenty of other refrigerantes were available as well. They do deliver and you can do take out too, so it's convenient either way. Pleasantly surprised by this find.

Came to Cervantes for lunch after seeing great reviews on Yelp. It's in Copacabana but about 3-4…read moreblocks away from the beach. My friend and I sat outside and ordered sandwiches--what they specialize in. The service was the fasted we received so far. Staff was friendly. I ordered the filet sandwich and a shrimp pastry similar to an empanada. Both were delicious--what stood out was the bread. Definitely check out this little spot if you are in the Copacabana area of Rio!

I got the ham, cheese, and pineapple sandwich. Very tasty. The bread was very good. I was there at…read morea downtime I think. Walked right in and had attentive staff get me exactly what I wanted.

Street parking, and in this neighborhood, I must say good luck to you. This neighborhood has a…read moresubway station not too far from this restaurant so if you are not staying around here I would say to just take the train to come here. the place is pretty large and has a mezzanine sitting area. the A/C blasts in there so you will be a bit cold. Two ways of eating here. All you can eat and by the weight. When you enter the door you will get a piece of paper where it will state what is your eating deal. ALL YOU CAN EAT- as we all know it is a flat fee and you just go for it. BY WEIGHT- the paper you get as you come in gets annotated every time you get food from the buffet and the weight of the meal. once you are done you won't pay any more than you consumed. After you get your meal and go to the table, the waiter will come by and take drink orders. Once the meal is done and you are ready to go, you will take yourself and your friends or family to the register and ll the little papers that was provided to each person at the table must be paid, you will be asked by the door security to return the paper to be allowed to exit the restaurant. These kind of restaurants are common here in Rio, it is very much mixed buffet, so many interesting things, I was impressed with the variety and selections from he salads all the way to hot meals and they even have some interesting appetizer items. Word of advice, the all you can eat is worth it if you plant to visit the buffet more than a couple of times, the weight of certain food items may end up making you meal much more expensive for the by the weight than if you just went with the all you can eat. When in Rio experience this kind of restaurant, this one is good but nothing super special.

On Easter night , me and my friend went there and were not satisfied cuz the food was old and not…read morefresh. Expensive for what you get! I am totally disappointed!

Ordered a beef dish that came with pork sausage slices, rice and fries. It was alright-- less…read moreflavor/taste than I had hoped for; especially after the waiter hyped the dish up. Food was fairly priced and beer was cheap. I saw a gentleman at another table order a fish. The waiter came and de-boned the the fish and it looked delicious! I would recommend trying that. The service was good. They were able to communicate with us without a problem even though none of us spoke portuguese. The restaurant is a little crammed, but manageable.

Here is my two cents on the food and a little bit of chatter. What is a surprise I had when…read moresearching through a various menus on different restaurants ,I came across barbecue pork ribs and they also serve fresh squeezed orange juice. It was a rainy and miserable day in Rio de Janeiro and I did not feel like trogging through the wetness . I got my food via Uber Eats It was delivered hot and on time. The pork ribs were in between baby back ribs and slab ribs everything's different in Brazil. The pork was & tasted so good.It fell off the bone and easy enough for two. So in a sauce nothing like we have here in United States no mustard sauce and no tomato-based sauce something in between they call barbecue sauce..Along with french fries , portions are big enough for two people. The fresh squeezed orange juice which is found at most restaurants , I come to find out that very few actually will deliver them. Instead of having the national dish I got a bean soup black bean soup that is quite tasty though I needed to do doctored it up at having a little bit of kept hot sauce. I also had a pastel which is quite common having cheese but this one had cheese and onions very tasty. Along with the meal they serve small chunks of fried pork belly or bacon as we would call it but the pork belly was cut up and fried in about half inch cube squares. FYI..... be aware that any delivery no matter what the distance they say it will be about one hour before you actually get it. But most food will arrive at a hot reasonable temperature. When you come up with ice cream gelato or other cold things then you're just taking a chance on it being melted upon the arrival..On Uber you are able to track and know the driver, plus car- license plate , motor bike or bicycle definitely a good place to check in taste of food

Stopped in when I was on a tour with our group of 11. We didn't stay to dine in, rather we dropped…read moreby to order a caipirinha for each of us. Boteco Belmonte has an extensive list of flavors to choose from it was definitely a difficult decision for myself at least in picking just one to try. I originally was going to go with the morango e marajuca, but then asked one of the staff which was the melhor out of them all and he said the limão com brown azúcar so I ended up switching mine. It was muito bom!! 10/10 would get that again. The interior of this place is really clean and nice. It was brightly lit with beautiful lighting fixtures, cute tables, chairs, and an open space located on a corner from the street. Next time I am here, I would like to stick around to try their comida. Fun experience by far!

This is just a review about their caipirinhas. This was a stop on our food tour. We had the choice…read moreof ordering a classic one of a different fruit flavored one. My friend and I went with the passion fruit caipirinha and it was good. It was really strong. The only negative was that a lot of the seeds kept getting stuck in the cup and it was difficult to drink, but that is not the restaurants fault. If you want a strong and good drink check them out for a caipirinha.

Wow their fish was top-notch! I had the Golden Catch from Bahia. It was soft and tender inside with…read morea little crunch on the outside. My husband had the fish and plantain moqueca, and the fish was so tender that it just melted in your mouth. Both were delicious! The main difference was that my sauce contained cashews and the cashew flavor was quite strong according to my husband. So if you're allergic to nuts, make sure you ask for an English menu to double-check the ingredients. They also asked if we had any food restrictions when they seated us which was nice. We tried three different mocktails. I forgot the names but one was pineapple & passion fruit, another was coconut, and I forgot what the last one was. They were all good! The chocolate cake with chocolate syrup was delish (10/10). Sweet but not overly sweet and it was so moist, warm, and rich. I just wish I had more room to eat more!!!

Came here and had a great experience. Service was good. Servers were able to make us comfortable…read moreand speak English, which was nice. It's a cute chill spot for dinner and drinks. Honorable mentions: Shredded Beef Rice- was delicious. Rice cooked to perfection and the beef had amazing flavor. Joaquina's picadinho- beef was a salty for my taste but flavors were delicious. Tapioca Shrimp- these were sooo good appetizers. Good size shrimps and the flavors were delicious. Pasteis (shrimp)- delicious! Came with 2 smaller empanada-type pastries. We wanted to order Pork Rinds and Mini Shrimp Burgers but ran out early that day. We ate around 8 pm so go earlier if you want to try. Definitely a great culinary experience.

I ate at La Bocca three times when I was in Rio during the Olympics. The food was delicious. I…read moreespecially enjoyed the risotto and the pizza. The service was prompt and friendly. The drinks from the bar were creative, and I enjoyed their juice selection. If you are looking for excellent Italian food in Santa Teresa, then go to La Bocca!

The first place in Brazil where they had JALAPENOS! I didn't…read morethink that it would be hard to find a restaurant with jalapenos, even Dominoes doesn't offer jalapenos on their pizza. They have indoor and outdoor seating but when we went here they didn't have outdoor seating set up. It was a Wednesday afternoon - so we were seated immediately. They have English menu available! They have the Vegetarian dishes conveniently located (marked as vegetariano) We ordered Vegetariano Nachos. It was so yummy! The closest thing we would consider to Authentic Mexican food we've had in a while so we were super excited. lol. It had actual cheese baked on instead of that nacho cheese grossness, it had diced jalapenos, sour cream, baked beans and they have mild and spicy sauce on the table. Both yummy. They have Guarana Antarctica instead of Kuat, just FYI. All in all - glad that I was able to eat some food with jalapenos.

Oh Azteka! I had a friend come here a few weeks ago and said she waited 3 hours for her order and…read morethey still messed it up. I thought it might be due to the Carnaval madness but even as that has settled down, the service here seems subpar. Since we knew better than wait outside for a server to seat us, we took a empty table and seated our selves. After unsuccessful attempts at flagging down the waiter, we helped ourselves to the menus. Maybe someone called in sick and they ended up short staffed? With only one waiter and one cook it looked like they were struggling to keep up with the orders. The waiter was polite and took our order. We helped her out by accepting a horchata that was accidentally ordered but no one was taking it. My Azteka nachos came out fairly quickly after our drinks (just bottled beer and canned mate tea). It seemed to have been sitting under a heating lamp for a while and the melted cheese had cooled and crusted. I noticed a couple people who waited outside for quite a while to get the waitress' attention. One lady just asked her a question and another family was waiting just to get seated at a table. So the waiting here can get ridiculous. The special of the month had three organic chicken options with mole sauce (burrito, taco and main plate). we tried the burrito which took much longer than the nachos, but worth the wait because you could tell it was just prepared fresh and was served with a helping of guacamole and sour cream. Limited options to Mexican food in Zona Sul: this place, Que Quieres and La Calaca. Luckily they all have take out, so if you can't stand the service you can at least get it delivered.